Sorry guys, don't agree. The middle part is the part that weakens the song, in my humble opinion. One can wonder why the Beatles never recorded it properly and gave the song away. I guess they found something lacking to the song. The harmonies are nice though.

Just listened to it on Anthology 2. It's true it's played in the background on the issue of the Saturday Club, but to me it looks the same version as the BBC-recording. As far as I know, that is the only known recording of I'll Be On My Way by The Beatles.

I have a vague memory that John said that he wanted to write a song where he had the courage to rhyme June and moon, in best time-honored pure-schmaltz fashion. I'LL BE ON MY WAY is the result, and I think he "played strong, done fine".

I have a confession to make. Until today, I had never heard this song before. Yes I know, it´s included on the Live at the BBC. Guess I have to listen to it more often. According to Wikipedia, "I'll Be on My Way" is considered to be the first song that Lennon and McCartney "gave away".

I like it a lot. I think it´s as good as many of the songs included on Please Please Me and With the Beatles.

. According to Wikipedia, "I'll Be on My Way" is considered to be the first song that Lennon and McCartney "gave away".

That's correct. It was recorded on 21st March, 1963 and became to b-side to Do You Want To Know A Secret by Billy J Kramer and the Dakota's. Bad To Me was the second one, recorded in June that year and also released by Billy. The whole bunch was uploaded in the bootleg zone some time ago, including demo's by The Beatles (as far as available) and the recordings by the artists that made these songs hits.

That's correct. It was recorded on 21st March, 1963 and became to b-side to Do You Want To Know A Secret by Billy J Kramer and the Dakota's.

The Beatles version of I'll Be On My Way was recorded for the BBC on 4 April 1963 (and transmitted on the radio programme Side By Side on 24 June 1963). So, even though the Beatles had already given the song to Billy J Kramer by 4 April (his recording was done in March 1963), they went ahead and recorded their own version for the BBC anyway. I wonder if they still had an idea that they might record their own version of this song for their next album. Otherwise, why would the entire band learn a song that had already been given to someone else?

I wonder if they ever played the song live. They were still appearing at the Cavern at this point so it might have appeared in the set, I suppose, which would explain why the whole band knew the song well enough to record it for the BBC.

Strange to see how many cover versions they were still putting in their sets by April 1963, even though they had already released an LP plus two singles (and the songs for the third single had been written and recorded too - released on 11 April 1963).So they had lots of original material plus a bunch of cover songs that they had recorded for their PPM album, yet they chose to perform other cover songs that never made it onto Beatles records at all (other than the BBC sessions they did).Songs like Beautiful Dreamer, 3 Cool Cats, Hey Good Looking, Keep Your Hands Off My Baby, etc.They obviously enjoyed playing them live but didn't feel they were suitable for a record release.

And it still doesn't answer why I'll Be On My Way was played on a BBC session when it had already been given to another artist.